Anyone else work with their wife?

[MegaPoke]

I do and (at least for me) it's awesome.

I know not everyone would want to work with their wife but it's pretty great for me especially since she's got her **** together and I'm an ADD cautionary tale.

Also, lots of no consequence sexual harassment.

What's the downside?

 

[DrMaseofBase]

My wife would kill me some time during day 2 if we worked together

 

[BluegrassPoke]

The only way this would happen is if we started a small business, otherwise I will pass and I love her dearly.

 

[A$$hole Consulting]

I thought you weren't supposed to dip your pen in the company ink?

 

[MegaPoke]

I thought you weren't supposed to dip your pen in the company ink?

The opposite is actually true.

 

[PDT816]

The coffee doesn't make itself

 

[EvilPOKES]

Wife is too damn smart for me to be able to directly work with her lol

 

[J.R. Murphy's]

I love my wife dearly.

That being said, I can't think of anything worse than two introverted balls of stress & anxiety working together.

 

[trapped_in_tx]

I love my wife dearly.

That being said, I can't think of anything worse than two introverted balls of stress & anxiety working together.

Try two introverted balls of stress and anxiety who are also control freaks.

Not gonna do it, never gonna happen.

 

[cableok_rivals]

I don't work with my wife, but we ended up on the same board of a foundation. I was on the board and someone asked her to join and for some reason that person didn't realize we were married.
Board only meets three times annually, but still a little awkward - but also good because we believe in the same things to prioritize for funding so our voting block is important.

When my wife was a school teacher I was her Junior Achievement volunteer. That was actually very fun.
I would like working with her everyday (and no, she is not looking over my shoulder as I type this).

 

[MegaPoke]

I expected this post to die on the vine. Good stuff.

It works for me because we own a small biz and have complimentary strengths and weaknesses.

We both had corporate careers and love the fact that we don't still have them.

I realize it's corny AF but she's my best friend and brings professional skills to the table that let me focus on what I do well - which is admittedly a narrow window. She gets my vision and helps me achieve it. Plus, fun. Rock star level fun.

 

[nathajw]

We used to, that's how we met.

We were even sharing an office with just a divider wall when we started sharing other things.

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

We were even sharing an office with just a divider wall when we started sharing other things.

Sharing over or around the wall? On the wall? Through the wall?

 

[JonnyVito]

Sharing over or around the wall? On the wall? Through the wall?

Staplers

 

[poke957]

Did it for 5 years. We decided one of us had to go. Hell, we had to have employees mediate simple decisions sometimes. She has now had a partner for a year and they are doing great. Home life is back to rockstar status, so I guess it was the right decision.

 

[zthiel]

My wife wants to spend every hour of the day together. I like the idea of that but if at any time I don't exude the excitement of an infomercial salesmen she asked me if I'm depressed. I'm not sure we could work together without me turning into a cokehead.

 

[BluegrassPoke]

I work for the Salvation Army. That means I work for a husband and wife team. What is really weird is that I make so much more than they do together. I love my bosses.

 

[MajorMike_Ret]

I sub sometimes at wife's school.

She's teacher of the year material and I'm the goofball sub the kids love because we dork around all day.

I don't give a damn about wife being better, she works harder than anyone, but when the kids start aaying they would rather have me than her, she tends to get s little pissy.